TSB SSM-54874 — Ford Service bulletin

SSM-54874 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the Ford F-150, 2024–2026 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. Some 2024-2026 F-150 vehicles may exhibit an incorrect fuel gauge indication when distance to empty (DTE) is below 50 miles. Workshop Manual (WSM), Sections 413-01 > Description and Operation > Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) - System Operation and Component Description along…

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

1Document filed
1Vehicle named
3Model years

Vehicles and model years SSM-54874 names

VehicleModel years
Ford F-150 2024, 2025, 2026

Every document filed under SSM-54874

Document IDFiledType
SSM 54874 May 27, 2026 Service bulletin

What SSM-54874 covers

Electrical, Fuel system — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB SSM-54874?

SSM-54874 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Ford, covering the Ford F-150 across the 2024–2026 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: Some 2024-2026 F-150 vehicles may exhibit an incorrect fuel gauge indication when distance to empty (DTE) is below 50 miles. Workshop Manual (WSM), Sections 413-01 > Description and Operation > Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) - System Operation and Component Description along…

Which vehicles does SSM-54874 cover?

NHTSA's file names Ford F-150 (2024–2026). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB SSM-54874 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. SSM-54874 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of SSM-54874?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under SSM-54874, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under SSM-54874. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.